About Me

As a boy, my heroes were Captain Nemo, Neil Armstrong and all those scientists who defeated the giant insects in the science fiction movies I watched on Saturday afternoons. As my chances of owning a submarine or walking on the moon seemed slim, I decided to become a scientist.

After getting my B.S. in Physics and Mathematics at Ohio University, I went to work as a chemist for the Liquid Air Corporation before attending graduate school at The Ohio State University. I became interested in experimental nuclear physics and received my Ph.D. in 1993 for work on (p,n) reactions using the NTOF neutron polarimeter at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Currently my research centers around exotic nuclei and the MoNA/Sweeper facility at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University.

When I'm not teaching or researching physics, I spend my time with my wife, Dr. Susan O'Shaughnessy, and our children, Dane and Brynn. I still watch those old SF films and I am always on the lookout for a good cup of coffee. (It's best to stay alert; you never know when giant ants might show up.)

Curriculum Vita (pdf)